Osmar Fernando Magalhães (born 1960), sportingly known as Magalhães in Brazil and Bozzo in Chile, is a Brazilian

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manager and former player who played as an

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. Besides Brazil, he played in Chile.

Playing career

A product of the Internacional youth system, where he was at all divisions,( Tercera División "B" de Chile
EL MENSAJE DE UN EX PROFESIONAL DE FUTBOL: OSMAR FERNANDO MAGALHAES
on Facebook . 7 October 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2023. Magalhães was loaned to

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and America-RJ. The last one, in the

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. In 1981, he moved to Chile thanks to the Chilean coach , who watched him playing for America-RJ, and joined

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. A historical player of the club, he spent six seasons with them and got the promotion to the 1984 Chilean Primera División. In the 1984 season, he made seventeen appearances. In 1987, he switched to the classic rival,

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. From 1988 to 1990, he played for

Deportes Antofagasta Deportes Antofagasta is a Chilean football club based in the city of Antofagasta currently playing in the Primera B Of Chile. The club's home stadium is the Estadio Bicentenario Calvo y Bascuñán, which has a capacity of 21,178. History The c ...

,(Retrofutbol Chile
Osmar Magalhaes Bozo 🇧🇷 Deportes Antofagasta
on Facebook . 9 June 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2023. his last club in Chile and, later, the training club of his son,

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. His last clubs were Novo Horizontino Futebol Clube from

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and from Santa Catarina, in his homeland.

Coaching career

Magalhães began his career as fitness coach with Grêmio from 1996 to 2001. After he worked for clubs from

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(

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, Guarany de Bagé and GE Bagé), Santa Catarina (

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) and

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( AA Iguaçu). In 2008, he began his coaching career with

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. After, he coached EC Hercílio Luz, , ,

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and Francisco Ferro Sports. In 2023, he signed with .

Personal life

Magalhães is the father of the Chile international

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, who was born in

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, Brazil, to a Chilean mother. Belonging to a football family, his father of the same name was a goalkeeper of several teams, his younger brother, Paulo César, won both the

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and the

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as a player of Grêmio and has served as his son's agent. Also, he is the uncle of the Brazilian footballers Rafael Esdras Magalhães and

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. His sister, Neide, was a

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. At the beginning of his career in Brazil, he was known as Osmar Gaúcho. In the Chilean football, he was known as Bozzo(Osmar Fernando Magalhães DT de Futbol
El Antes y el despues de MAGALHÃES BOZO EN COQUIMBO UNIDO CHILE
on Facebook . 9 March 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2023. or Bozó.

References

External links

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